Panel-curtain frame.



C. W. KIRSCH @I H. J. LAHVIEYER.

PANEL CURTAIN HIM/IE.

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PANEL CURTAIN FRAME. APPLICATION FILED MAR.B.1916. Paeed Sep. 18, 1917.

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C. W. K'IRSCH & H.1.LAH|V1EYER.

PANEL CURTAIN FRAME.

APPLICATION man MAR.8.1916.

Patented Sept. 18, 191?.

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HRLES F7. KRIRSCE AND HENRY J'. LAHMEYEE, 0F STURGIS, MICHIGAN.

PANEL-CURTAIN naaien.

Specification of Letters Eatent. atgngd Sgpto 189 191%,

Application filed March 8, 1916. Serial No. 82,862.

To all whom z' may concern.:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. KrRsOH, of Sturgis, St. Joseph county, Michigan, and Hnnnr J. LAHMniznR, of Sturgis, St. Joseph county, Michigan, both citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Panel-Curtain Frames; and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures, and more particularly to frames adapted to receive panel-curtains to be disposed behind the glass panesl in doors and windows, the object being to provide a simple and efficient device of this character which aords a relatively rigid frame which may be readily hinged or rigidly secured to the door, window-frame or window-sash.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

ing a suitable embodiment of the in vention: Figure 1lis a view in elevation of a 'curtain frame constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. -2- is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 of Fig. -1-.

Fig. -3- is a fragmentary vdetail horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig 4C-1 Fig. is a fragmentary detail view in elevation of one of the corners of the frame.

Fig. -5- is a view similar to Fig. -1- showing the curtain-frame mounted in a window-frame, and equipped with shaderoller hangers and shade-roller.

Fig. -6- is a fragmentary detail horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. -5-.

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Fig. -7- is a detail vertical section on the line 7-7 of Fig. -6-.

Fig. -8- is a fragmentary detail horizontal section on the line 8-8 of Fig. -7-.

Fig. -9- is a view iny elevation of a panel curtain frame embodying the invention equipped with cross-bars in imitation of lattice-work.

Fig. -0 is a fragmentary detail view in elevation showing the panel frame having a brace secured therein.

The main object of the present invention that the frame carrying the curtain may be swung away from the glass for purposes of giving access to the latter for cleaning the the frame and removal of the "curtains for this purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a knock-down frame which is very easily and quickly assembled, and easily and quickly mounted and demounted, and which when assembled provides the requisite rigidity for maintaining a panel curtain properly taut to present a smooth surface in front of the glass of the door or window.

Another object of the invention is to provide a panel curtain-frame which is also adapted to receive shade-roller hangers for supporting a shade roller in front of the window-pane, and which is adapted to be swungaway with the frame for access to the In the accompanying drawings illustratglass to clean the same.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following specification.

Referring now tothe drawings, it will be seen that the panel-curtain frame comprises corner members l each having two transversely disposed arms 2 each of whichis C- same without requiring the dissemblingf-'of" shaped in cross-section, and adapted to telescopically receive similarly shaped rods 3 extending at angles to veach other, and connecting the several corner members of the rectangular frame with each other. The outer side liange 4 of one of the arms 2 of each of said corner members extends from the outer end of said arm to the farthest removed corner of said member, the similar ange 5 of the other arm 2 being shorter to provide an open space at said corner to receive the flange 6 of a hinge member. The latter is, as shown in Fig. -3, integral Vwith the body of the corner member, and consists of a tongue extending outwardly from the middle portion of the arm equipped with the flange 4, the ange 6 being folded over upon the body of the middle portion, and being preferably spot-welded to the latter. A sleeve is thus formed to receive the pivot pin 7 by means of which said hinge member is pivotally secured to a companion hinge bracket 8 adapted to be secured to the door,

.an L-shaped member, one flange of which is provided with perforations for the passage of the screws 9 for securing the same to the door, or the like, and the other flange ofl which has a bifurcated outer end portion, the tongues forming which are bent over tol provide sleeves 10 between which the sleeves of the hinge members 6 are received and through which the pivot pin 7 is adapted to ass. p As shown in Fig. -1- each of the four corner members is adapted to be hinged to the door, 'or' other support, the pivot pins 7 being removable, so that when the same are removed from the hinges at one side of the frame, the latter may be swung on the remaining hinges. The frame is thus adapted to be swung in either direction, as desired, and by removing all of the pivot pins 7, may be entirely removed from the door or window without removing the curtain or knocking down the frame.

Where the frame is of unusual length the rod members 3 connecting the vertical corner members' are equipped vwith telescopic sleeves 11 of the same\crosssection as the arms 2 of the corner members, and upon the rod members 3 between their ends. Said members 11 are also preferably equipped with hinge members 12 integral therewith adapted to be pivoted to hinge members 8 by means of pivot pins 7 in the same manner as the aforesaid corner members 1.

After assembling the frame as shown in Fig. -1-, the various parts are locked against relative movement by means' of the curtain rod locks 13 fully described and claimed in Letters Patent No. 1,142,438, granted to me on the 8th day of June, 1915, said locks each comprising an elliptical disk provided with a longitudinal slot in which a suitable Spanner wrench is adapted to be receivedl for turning said disks to present their longer diameters transversely'to and thereby expanding the ianges of the inner telescopical members 3 to firmly frictionally engage the flanges of the receiving member, as more particularly shown in Fig. -4-.

In some instances it is desirable to employ window shades interposed between the panel curtains and the window pane, and it is desirable also to avoid mounting such fixtures on the woodwork contiguous to the windowpanes for obvious reasons. Hence, to overcome this objection the window-shade brackets 14 may be mounted on the frame, each of said brackets being provided with a iange 15, spot-welded or otherwise suitably secured to a C-shaped base 16 adapted to it telescopically within the rod members 3, as shown in Figs. 7 and -8-. The said flanges 16 are preferably disposedv within those portions of the rod members .3 projecting into the vertical arms of the upper bymeans of the locking disks 17 correspond- `ing to the disks 13, shown in Fig. -4-.

Said shade roller brackets are thus rigidly held in place as will be obvious, and are adapted to receive window shades and rollers 18, as shown. i i

In making up these frames it is preferable to cut/the rod members 3 to proper lengths from a long 4length thereof, but it will be obvious that such frames may be rendered ad- ]ustable by projecting the 'rod members 3 more or 'less distance into the arms ofthe corner members 1, and such rod members may be made in shorter sections 'and coupled by means `of the sleeves 11 by projecting the ends of said rod members 3 a greater or, less distance into the same. Illustration hereof is believed to be superfluous as the same is fully disclosed in my copending application for Letters Patent for curtain rod filed February 14, 1916, Ser. No. 78190. The embodiments illustrated in the drawings and. hereinbefore described are obviously capable of modification and variation without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claim.

The construction may be further modified to produce lattice-work, panel curtain frames, or merely lattice-workframes to be mounted in front of windows to give .the

effect of a plurality of small panes where employed in connection with the other frame members illustrated in the remaining figures to produce frames of any desired design,

said members 23 being adapted to be secured by vmeans of the fixtures 24, having angularly disposed arms 25 receiving said angular rod 23 forv attaching the same toI the vertically and horizontally disposed framemembers. n

We claim as our invention:

A knock-down curtain frame comprising L-shaped channeled corner members having overhanging side flanges, rod members of similarfcross-section adapted to be telescopically received and engaged in said corner members to provide a' rectangular frame adapted to receive 4a panel curtain or the like, and means within "the engaging ends of the rods for expanding same to provide a substantially rigid engagement between names in presence of two subscribing witsame and the opposed anges of the corner nesses. members, whereby said frame can be readily CHARLES W. KIRSCH. adjusted to desired dimensions and the parts HENRY J. LAHMEYER. quickly secured in such position in condition Witnesses: to be readily taken apart. J. PAUL WAIT,

In testimony whereof we have signed our CLYDE UNGER. 

